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Maximilian Larter
I am a plant ecophysiologist and an evolutionary biologist, mainly interested is how plants water transport functions and evolves within changing environments.
Research Experience
Post-doctoral Fellow
Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden, The Netherlands present - 2019 - Herb hydraulics, positive root pressure and drought resistance in Brassicaceae - Supervisor Frederic Lens ### Post-doctoral Fellow Smith labUniversity of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 2019 - 2017 - Evolution of the anthocyanin pathway in Iochrominae - Supervisor Stacey Smith [link to Smith lab homepage] ### PhD student University of Bordeaux Bordeaux, France 2016 - 2012 - Evolution of cavitation resistance in conifers - Supervisors Sylvain Delzon and Jean-Christophe Domec ### Research assistant - 6 months University of Bordeaux Bordeaux, France 2012 - Evolutionary patterns of cavitation resistance in conifers - Supervisor Sylvain Delzon ### Masters thesis - 6 months University of Bordeaux Bordeaux, France 2011 - Convergent evolution of drought tolerance in conifers - Supervisor Sylvain Delzon ### Masters thesis - 2 months Imperial College London Silwood Park, Ascot, UK 2010 - Population genetics of the olive (Olea europaea) complex - Supervisor Guillaume Besnard
Education
PhD in evolutionary, functional and community ecology
University of Bordeaux Bordeaux, France 2016 - 2012 - Evolution of cavitation resistance in conifers - Supervisors Sylvain Delzon and Jean-Christophe Domec ### Masters degree,“Bordeaux, France”,2010,2011,Terrestrial Ecosystem Functioning and Modelling,,NA,education,NA University of Orléans,Bachelors degree University of Bordeaux Orléans, France 2008 - 2005 - Organismal Biology
Grants & Funding
Alberta Mennega Stichting fieldwork grant
1,250€ Leiden (The Netherlands) 2020
External mobility grant from the COTE Cluster of Excellence
3,000€ Bordeaux (France) 2014
Research Exchange Program (Inbound)
AU$3350 Western Sydney University, NSW (Australia)
Teaching Experience
Lecture (30 min) - Functional traits case study
MSc course Methods in Biodiversity Analysis Leiden University 2020
Practical - plant physiology “lab day”
MSc course Plant Physiology Université de Bordeaux 2012
Publications
Intervessel pit membrane thickness best explains variation in embolism resistance amongst stems of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions, Annals of Botany
A Thonglim, S Delzon, M Larter, O Karami, A Rahimi, R Offringa et al. N/A 2020
Multiple origins of insular woodiness on the Canary Islands are consistent with palaeoclimatic aridification, bioRxiv
AH van Huysduynen, S Janssens, V Merckx, R Vos, L Valente, A Zizka, M Larter et al. N/A
Developmental control of convergent floral pigmentation across evolutionary timescales, Developmental Dynamics
M Larter, A Dunbar-Wallis, AE Berardi, SD Smith N/A 2019
Repeated evolution of a morphological novelty: a phylogenetic analysis of the inflated fruiting calyx in the Physalideae tribe (Solanaceae), American Journal of Botany
R Deanna, M Larter, GE Barboza, SD Smith N/A
Convergent evolution at the pathway level: predictable regulatory changes during flower color transitions, Molecular Biology and Evolution
M Larter, A Dunbar-Wallis, AE Berardi, SD Smith N/A 2018
Aridity drove the evolution of extreme embolism resistance and the radiation of conifer genus Callitris, New Phytologist
M Larter, S Pfautsch, JC Domec, S Trueba, N Nagalingum, S Delzon N/A 2017
Mexican conifers differ in their capacity to face climate change, Journal of Plant Hydraulics
C Sáenz-Romero, M Larter, N González-Muñoz, C Wehenkel et al. N/A
Host range expansion is density dependent, Oecologia
B Castagneyrol, H Jactel, EG Brockerhoff, N Perrette, M Larter, S Delzon et al N/A 2016
The evolution of cavitation resistance in conifers PhD thesis
M Larter Université de Bordeaux
Extreme aridity pushes trees to their physical limits, Plant Physiology
M Larter, TJ Brodribb, S Pfautsch, R Burlett, H Cochard, S Delzon N/A 2015
A broad survey of hydraulic and mechanical safety in the xylem of conifers, Journal of Experimental Botany
PS Bouche, M Larter, JC Domec, R Burlett, P Gasson, S Jansen, S Delzon N/A 2014
Conferences & Presentations
Poster - « Genetic basis of convergent evolution of the anthocyanin pathway and floral pigmentation in Iochrominae »
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Tampa, Florida 2019
Talk - « Linking changes in gene expression to the macroevolution of flower color in Iochrominae (Solanaceae) »
Evolution Meeting Portland, Oregon 2017
Talk - « Evolution of drought tolerance in conifers - Callitris in Australia »
LabEx Day (LabEx COTE) Bordeaux (France) 2015
Talk - « The evolution of cavitation resistance in conifers and the case of world-record Callitris »
Xylem International Meeting N/A
Talk - « The evolution of cavitation resistance in Conifers »
HIE Seminar Series - UWS Richmond, NSW (Australia) 2014
Poster - « Global variation and evolution of drought tolerance in Conifers »
Journées de la Société Française de Systématique Paris (France) 2012